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http://www.tuxarena.com/2014/02/12-completely-free-open-source-linux-games/#commentsMon, 24 Feb 2014 12:22:52 +0000http://www.tuxarena.com/?p=2886The overview includes only games which are completely free, with a permissive license for both the code and their content. I could not include here games like Urban Terror or Warsow, since their assets are not free, nor Steam games.

0 A.D.

A very beautiful game, 0 A.D. is a 3D medieval strategy game with different nations, incorporating elements from various other games pertaining to the genre, like Age of Empires. Still in alpha stage (and has been for a long time), 0 A.D. is playable in both single-player and online. It has great graphics, specific units and buildings for each faction, and a selection of carefully designed maps.Homepage

Red Eclipse

Red Eclipse is a shooter game set in futuristic environments, including many modes, game mutators, and trickjumps like dashing or impulse boosts. Just like Sauerbraten below, it’s based on the Cube 2 engine.Homepage | Full Review

Hedgewars

Hedgewars is a Worms-like game which preserves the original feeling, but brings some really neat features like user registration and online playing, new maps, game modes, sounds and graphics. For the fans of the Worms series, this is definitely a really good, free alternative.Homepage | Full Review

Battle for Wesnoth

This a the very popular and very addictive turn-based game. The Battle for Wesnoth takes place in fantasy universes, with 7 different factions available, and battles taking place over hexagonal tiles, with different unit abilities, traits and terrain defenses. Although it has some simple rules, the gameplay can be very dynamic and complex, with matches ranging from minutes up to hours.Homepage | Full Review

OpenArena

OpenArena takes the ioQuake3 engine and replaces all the Quake 3 assets with free ones. The result is a completely free Quake 3 clone, with its own maps, player and weapon models, sounds, and a good online playing experience. OpenArena brings some really nice game modes, including mutators (like Rocket-only mutator or Instantgib mutator).Homepage

SuperTux

This is a Mario clone with Tux as the protagonist. SuperTux includes several missions with lots of levels, all the monsters and techniques specific to the genre.Homepage

Warzone 2100

This is a real-time strategy game focused on research of new technologies, with a very ample tech-tree due to the available possibilities.Homepage | Full Review

AssaultCube

This is based on the Cube engine, it is a first-person shooter game somewhat different than the casual players. There are lots of maps, weapons and especially game modes, like the popular CTF ones (including Keep the Flag or Hunt the Flag) or the One Shot, One Kill one. Trickjumps are also possible, and they are a bit different in AC in that you can also use the so-called “rifle jumps” to propel yourself higher.Homepage | Full Review | Guide

Stunt Rally

Based on the VDrift and OGRE engines, Stunt Rally is a 3D-intensive racing game with beautiful scenery and several interesting tracks.Homepage

Neverball

This is a ball-driving game, with the goal of running the ball all over various maps and collecting all the gold without falling off. Neverball can be real fun to play, however it requires great skills and tricks in order to master it, especially on high-difficulty levels.Homepage

Supertuxkart

Supertuxkart is a popular racing game with a funny twist. You can choose from various missions and complete different tasks to unlock more tracks. It’s quite a nice compared to all the more “serious” racing games.Homepage

Sauerbraten

Based on the Cube 2 engine, Sauerbraten is a shooter that provides a bunch of game modes, ranging from DM to the CTF family or Instagib.Homepage | Full Review

Although not completely open-source due to a less permissive assets license, worth mentioning are also Xonotic, Urban Terror and Warsow.

Have some more? Please share them in the comments below.

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http://www.tuxarena.com/2011/12/6-great-free-open-source-games-to-fetch-after-installing-ubuntu/#commentsThu, 01 Dec 2011 12:45:38 +0000http://www.tuxarena.com/?p=1688Battle for Wesnoth
Battle for Wesnoth, or BfW for short, is a popular turn-based strategy game which takes place in a fantasy universe and has support for singleplayer and multiplayer, official campaigns (and more available to download), hotseat games. The game comes by default with 6 factions and takes place over hexagons, each player deploying his army and trying to kill his opponent. Wesnoth can be highly modded via WML (Wesnoth Markup Language), and the add-ons server includes many more maps, factions, eras and campaigns. Beside for the usual mode which allows up to 9 players to battle against each other or forming teams, there are also the rumble maps (very small maps), or the survival ones, or the multiplayer campaigns or role playing maps. There is also an unofficial ladder available. Wesnoth is really an awesome, complete game, with a great community, great online playing, music themes, map editor, a great helping system, and much, much more.

sudo apt-get install wesnoth

AssaultCube
Being based on the Cube engine, AssaultCube is a very fast-paced first-person shooter with a gameplay that changes from mode to mode. There are the usual TDM or CTF modes, but also TOSOK (Team One Shot One Kill), KTF (Keep the Flag), OSOK, LSS (Last Swiss Standing) or even PF (Pistol Frenzy). It doesn’t have high system requirements and the online servers are most of the time filled with players.

sudo apt-get install assaultcube

Neverball
Neverball is a 3D action where you control a ball and you have to collect coins. You can start with a beginner level and advance to more advanced levels. Although the concept seems pretty simple, the game is not easy to master and it becomes addictive even in the first minutes of playing. Neverball allows configuration of sound, resolution, graphics details. It can be played in fullscreen mode too, and you can choose from various ball models.

sudo apt-get install neverball

Xonotic
Xonotic is based on Nexuiz, the result of a fork which aims to keep it free and open-source. Xonotic is a shooter with a fast game style, single player and multiplayer modes, lots of maps, models and weapons to choose from.

Hedgewars
This is a Worms-like game, completely free and open-source, which keeps the funny atmosphere the original Worms had. Players control the so-called “hedgehogs”, which take turns, and they have entire arsenals at their disposal to blow their enemies off the orbit. A very funny and addictive game.

sudo apt-get install hedgewars

Warzone 2100
Warzone 2100 is a real time strategy game set in a future, apocalyptic universe, and it provides single player mode, multiplayer, campaigns and lots of maps. The true thing that sets Warzone 2100 apart is the unit/building tech tree, which can be upgraded differently using over 400 technologies.